Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-08 Thread Alan Pope
On 07/01/13 13:59, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Regarding Blu-Ray, I just find it frustrating. MakeMKV can be used, but it uses illegal blu ray keys, so you might as well just use illegal blu ray keys anyway. Google the VideoLan project to find blu ray keys that permit you to play Blu-Ray.

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-08 Thread Peter Salisbury
On 8 January 2013 20:10, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: On 07/01/13 13:59, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Regarding Blu-Ray, I just find it frustrating. MakeMKV can be used, but it uses illegal blu ray keys, so you might as well just use illegal blu ray keys anyway. Google the

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-08 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
sending from the correct address! On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: a clever lawyer may be able to weasle a jury to believe that the use of said keys to decrypt a bluray movie constitures circumventing protection measures, but IANAL. -- Daniel Llewellyn -- Please

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-08 Thread Tony Whitmore
On 08/01/13 21:29, Peter Salisbury wrote: On 8 January 2013 20:10, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: What law is being broken by having or distributing these illegal keys? I think it's that law that says you can't circumvent encryption. That made it an offence in itself even if what

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-07 Thread Gordon Scott
On 07/01/13 01:34, p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk wrote: havinf finally given up on my raspberry Pi as not man enough for the job :-) What's bad about it? The fan in the case is noisy (I will be voiding my warranty and replacing mine with a ball bearing fan for a quiet life). I had a case

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-07 Thread Michael Pavling
On 7 January 2013 01:34, p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk wrote: ** one might consider buying a copy of MakeMKV for Linux. It costs about £50. That would allow the lucky owner to rip the content of the BluRay to their hard drive as an unencrypted MKV file. Handbrake would

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-07 Thread Benjie Gillam
On 7 Jan 2013, at 13:11, Peter Salisbury peterthevi...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I find all this 'you may have bought it but we'll tell you how to use it' stuff SO annoying. With most blu-rays, DVDs and music these days you don't buy them. You license them. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-07 Thread Benjie Gillam
Sorry, my son sent this whilst I was seeing to the newborn! I meant to say you effectively license them, with all the small print, restrictions, etc etc I don't think it can be said that you own them in the same way you own a sofa. Benjie On 7 Jan 2013, at 13:17, Benjie Gillam

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-07 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 7 January 2013 13:11, Peter Salisbury peterthevi...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: With regard to blu-ray: if 'they' don't want me to use it then I won't, I find all this 'you may have bought it but we'll tell you how to use it' stuff SO annoying. In any case it seems like more money for not

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-07 Thread Gordon Scott
On Mon, 2013-01-07 at 13:31 +, Benjie Gillam wrote: I meant to say you effectively license them, with all the small print, restrictions, etc etc I don't think it can be said that you own them in the same way you own a sofa. That does indeed seem to be the case. I some respects, I think

[Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-06 Thread Peter Salisbury
Hi there, I'm looking for help selecting hardware for an HTPC and I know there are a few experts on this list. I bought a Freeview HD PVR with Blu-ray disk for Christmas but it's going back! I'm so used to the superb community produced interface of our existing Topfield PVR that I simply can't

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-06 Thread p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk
Hi Peter, On 06 January 2013 at 21:19 Peter Salisbury peterthevi...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hi there, I'm looking for help selecting hardware for an HTPC and I know there are a few experts on this list. I don't consider myself an expert in HTPCs but I work in TV, I have a home cinema

Re: [Hampshire] Best hardware for HTPC

2013-01-06 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:19:05 +, peterthevi...@users.sourceforge.net said: A secondary question: is it better to go with Myth or XBMC? Better is subjective; however, the Myth backend coupled with the latest (Frodo) XBMC front end is an appealing combination. -- We're looking for smart Linux